WTA Tour 2013

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WTA Tour 2013
Period: December 30, 2012 - November 2013
Edition: 43
Number of tournaments: 58
successes
Most tournament victories: United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (11)
Most of the finals: United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (13)
Most prize money: United StatesUnited States Serena Williams ($ 12,385,572)
Most points: United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (13,260)
Awards
Player of the year: United StatesUnited States Serena Williams
Double team of the year: ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
Newcomer of the year: RomaniaRomania Simona Halep
Newcomer of the year: CanadaCanada Eugenie Bouchard
Returner of the year: RussiaRussia Alissa Kleibanova
The 2013 Grand Slam winners
Victoria Azarenka (9420650900) .jpg
Australian Open :
Wiktoryja Asaranka
Serena Williams (9630779153) .jpg
French Open and US Open :
Serena Williams
Marion Bartoli.jpg
Wimbledon Championships :
Marion Bartoli


The 2013 WTA Tour was the 43rd year of the tennis tournament series hosted by the Women's Tennis Association .

Tour information

In 2013 a total of 58 tournaments were held in 33 countries on six continents. All tournaments including the four Grand Slam tournaments and the Fed Cup , which are organized by the ITF like the Hopman Cup , are listed.

Tournament series

Number of tournaments by series
WTA Tour Championships WTA Tour Championships
Qatar Airways Tournament of Champions
WTA Premier Mandatory 4 WTA Premier Mandatory
5 WTA Premier 5
12 WTA Premier
WTA International 31 WTA International

Floor coverings

Of the 58 tournaments, 37 were hard court, 16 clay court and four grass tournaments, and one was a carpet tournament. 48 tournaments were played outdoors and ten indoors.

countries

Number of tournaments by country
11 United StatesUnited StatesUnited States  02 SpainSpainSpain  01 NetherlandsNetherlandsNetherlands 
04 AustraliaAustraliaAustralia  01 AzerbaijanAzerbaijanAzerbaijan  01 New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand 
03 People's Republic of ChinaChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  01 BelgiumBelgiumBelgium  01 PortugalPortugalPortugal 
03 FranceFranceFrance  01 BrazilBrazilBrazil  01 QatarQatarQatar 
03 United KingdomUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom  01 BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria  01 RussiaRussiaRussia 
02 AustriaAustriaAustria  01 ColombiaColombiaColombia  01 SwedenSwedenSweden 
02 CanadaCanadaCanada  01 CroatiaCroatiaCroatia  01 ThailandThailandThailand 
02 ItalyItalyItaly  01 South KoreaKorea SouthSouth Korea  01 TurkeyTurkeyTurkey 
02 JapanJapanJapan  01 LuxembourgLuxembourgLuxembourg  01 United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 
02 MexicoMexicoMexico  01 MalaysiaMalaysiaMalaysia  01 UzbekistanUzbekistanUzbekistan 
02 GermanyGermanyGermany  01 MoroccoMoroccoMorocco 

Changes

Compared to 2012, the tournament calendar has undergone the following changes:

Tournament schedule

category
Grand Slam
Year-end event
Premier Mandatory
Premier 5
premier
International
Others
Hopman Cup
Fed Cup

Explanations

The string from e.g. B. 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M has the following meaning:
128E = 128 players play in single
96Q = 96 players play the qualification
64D = 64 pairings play in doubles
32M = 32 pairings play in mixed

January

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
December 31 Hyundai Hopman Cup Perth , Australia ITF - A $ Hard Court
AustraliaAustralia 

SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Fernando Verdasco
SpainSpain 
SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović Novak Đoković
SerbiaSerbia 
2: 1
Shenzhen Gemdale Open Shenzhen , China International - $ 500,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 

China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na Czech RepublicCzech Republic Klára Zakopalová 6: 3, 1: 6, 7: 5
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
UkraineUkraine Iryna Buryachok Valeria Solovyova
RussiaRussia 
6-0, 7-5
Brisbane International Brisbane , Australia Premier - $ 1,000,000 Hard Court - 30E / 32Q / 16D
AustraliaAustralia 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams RussiaRussia Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova 6: 2, 6: 1
United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 7]
ASB Classic Auckland , New Zealand International - $ 235,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
New ZealandNew Zealand 

PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska BelgiumBelgium Yanina Wickmayer 6: 4, 6: 4
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Anastassija Rodionova
AustraliaAustralia 
GermanyGermany Julia Görges Jaroslawa Schwedowa
KazakhstanKazakhstan 
2: 6, 6: 2, [10: 5]
07.01. Apia International Sydney Sydney , Australia Premier - $ 681,000 Hard Court - 30E / 48Q / 16D
AustraliaAustralia 

PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska SlovakiaSlovakia Dominika Cibulková 6-0, 6-0
RussiaRussia Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinic
ItalyItaly 
6: 3, 6: 4
Moorilla Hobart International Hobart , Australia International - $ 235,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 15D
AustraliaAustralia 

RussiaRussia Jelena Wesnina GermanyGermany Mona Barthel 6: 3, 6: 4
SpainSpain Garbiñe Muguruza Blanco María Teresa Torró Flor
SpainSpain 
HungaryHungary Tímea Babos Mandy Minella
LuxembourgLuxembourg 
6: 3, 7: 6 5
14.01. Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam - A $ Hard Court - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
AustraliaAustralia 

BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na 4: 6, 6: 4, 6: 3
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
AustraliaAustralia Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 2
AustraliaAustralia Jarmila Gajdošová Matthew Ebden
AustraliaAustralia 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká František Čermák
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 3, 7: 5
28.01. PTT Pattaya Open Pattaya , Thailand International - $ 235,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16Q / 16D
ThailandThailand 

RussiaRussia Maria Kirilenko GermanyGermany Sabine Lisicki 5: 7, 6: 1, 7: 6 1
JapanJapan Kimiko Date Krumm Casey Dellacqua
AustraliaAustralia 
UzbekistanUzbekistan Oqgul Omonmurodova Alexandra Panova
RussiaRussia 
6: 3, 6: 2
Open GDF Suez (Hall) Paris , France Premier - $ 681,000 Hard - 28E / 32Q / 16D
FranceFrance 

GermanyGermany Mona Barthel ItalyItaly Sara Errani 7: 5, 7: 6 4
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Liesel Huber
United StatesUnited States 
6: 1, 6: 1

February

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
04.02. Fed Cup , 1st round Ostrava , Czech Republic Hard court (indoor) Rimini , Italy Clay court (indoor) Moscow , Russia Hard court (indoor) Niš , Serbia Hard court (indoor)
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 

ItalyItaly 

RussiaRussia 

SerbiaSerbia 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic Italy Russia Slovakia

ItalyItaly 

RussiaRussia 

SlovakiaSlovakia 

AustraliaAustralia Australia United States Japan Serbia

United StatesUnited States 

JapanJapan 

SerbiaSerbia 

4: 0

3: 2

3: 2

3: 2
02/11 Qatar Total Open Doha , Qatar Premier 5 - $ 2,216,000 hard court - 56E / 32Q / 28D
QatarQatar 

BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka United StatesUnited States Serena Williams 7: 6 6 , 2: 6, 6: 3
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
RussiaRussia Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
2: 6, 6: 3 [11: 9]
02/18 2013 US National Indoor Tennis Championships ( Indoor ) Memphis , United States International - $ 235,000 Hard Court - 32E / 16Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States 

New ZealandNew Zealand Marina Eraković GermanyGermany Sabine Lisicki 6: 1, task
FranceFrance Kristina Mladenovic Galina Voskoboyeva
KazakhstanKazakhstan 
SwedenSweden Sofia Arvidsson Johanna Larsson
SwedenSweden 
7: 6 5 , 6: 3
Dubai Duty Free Championships Dubai , United Arab Emirates Premier - $ 2,000,000 Hard 28E / 32Q / 16D
United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová ItalyItaly Sara Errani 6: 2, 1: 6, 6: 1
United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
RussiaRussia Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
6: 4, 2: 6, [10: 7]
Copa Claro Colsanitas 2013 Bogotá , Colombia International - $ 235,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
ColombiaColombia 

SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković ArgentinaArgentina Paula Ormaechea 6: 1, 6: 2
HungaryHungary Tímea Babos Mandy Minella
LuxembourgLuxembourg 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Eva Birnerová Alexandra Panowa
RussiaRussia 
6: 4, 6: 3
25.02. Abierto Mexicano TELCEL Acapulco , Mexico International - $ 235,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
MexicoMexico 

ItalyItaly Sara Errani SpainSpain Carla Suarez 6-0, 6-4
SpainSpain Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja
SpainSpain 
ColombiaColombia Catalina Castaño Mariana Duque Mariño
ColombiaColombia 
6: 4, 7: 6 1
Brasil Tennis Cup Florianópolis , Brazil International - $ 235,000 Hard Court - 32E / 21Q / 16D
BrazilBrazil 

RomaniaRomania Monica Niculescu RussiaRussia Olga Putschkova 6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 4
SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Jaroslawa Schwedowa
KazakhstanKazakhstan 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Anne Keothavong Valeria Sawinych
RussiaRussia 
6-0, 6-4
BMW Malaysian Open Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia International - $ 235,000 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D
MalaysiaMalaysia 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Karolina Plíšková United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands 1: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
JapanJapan Shūko Aoyama Chang Kai-chen
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
SlovakiaSlovakia Janette Husárová Zhang Shuai
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
6: 7 4 , 7: 6 4 , [14:12]

March

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
04.03. BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells , United States Premier Mandatory - $ 5,185,625 Hard Court - 96E / 48Q / 32D
United StatesUnited States 

RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki 6: 2, 6: 2
RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina
RussiaRussia 
RussiaRussia Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
6: 0, 5: 7, [10: 6]
18.03. Sony Ericsson Open Miami , United States Premier Mandatory - $ 5,185,625 Hard Court - 96E / 48Q / 32D
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 0
RussiaRussia Nadja Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Laura Robson
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
6: 1, 7: 6 2

April

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
04/01 Family Circle Cup Charleston , United States Premier - $ 794,000 Clay (Green) - 56E / 48Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković 3: 6, 6: 0, 6: 2
FranceFrance Kristina Mladenovic Lucie Šafářová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States 
6: 3, 7: 6 6
Monterrey Open Monterrey , Mexico International - $ 235,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
MexicoMexico 

RussiaRussia Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber 4: 6, 6: 2, 6: 4
HungaryHungary Tímea Babos Kimiko Date-Krumm
JapanJapan 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Eva Birnerová tamarine tanasu yarn
ThailandThailand 
6: 1, 6: 4
April 8th BNP Paribas Katowice Open Katowitz , Poland International - $ 235,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
PolandPoland 

ItalyItaly Roberta Vinci Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová 7: 6 2 , 6: 1
SpainSpain Lara Arruabarrena Vecino Lourdes Domínguez Lino
SpainSpain 
RomaniaRomania Raluca Olaru Valeria Solovyova
RussiaRussia 
6: 4, 7: 5
April 15 Fed Cup , semi-finals Palermo , Italy Clay court Moscow , Russia Clay court (hall)
ItalyItaly 

RussiaRussia 

ItalyItaly Italy Russia

RussiaRussia 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic Slovakia

SloveniaSlovenia 

3: 1

3: 2
04/22 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem Marrakech , Morocco International - $ 235,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
MoroccoMorocco 

ItalyItaly Francesca Schiavone SpainSpain Lourdes Domínguez Lino 6: 1, 6: 3
HungaryHungary Tímea Babos Mandy Minella
LuxembourgLuxembourg 
CroatiaCroatia Petra Martić Kristina Mladenovic
FranceFrance 
6: 3, 6: 1
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (Halle) Stuttgart , Germany Premier - $ 794,000 Clay Court (red) - 28E / 32Q / 16D
GermanyGermany 

RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na 6: 4, 6: 3
GermanyGermany Mona Barthel Sabine Lisicki
GermanyGermany 
United StatesUnited States Bethanie Mattek-Sands Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
6: 4, 7: 5
04/29 Portugal Open Oeiras , Portugal International - $ 235,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
PortugalPortugal 

RussiaRussia Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova SpainSpain Carla Suarez Navarro 7: 5, 6: 2
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Kristina Mladenovic
FranceFrance 
CroatiaCroatia Darija Jurak Katalin Marosi
HungaryHungary 
7: 6 3 , 6: 2

May

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
06.05 Mutua Madrid Open Madrid , Spain Premier Mandatory - € 4,033,254 Clay Court (red) - 64E / 32Q / 28D
SpainSpain 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 6: 1, 6: 4
RussiaRussia Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova Lucie Šafářová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Marina Eraković
New ZealandNew Zealand 
6: 2, 6: 4
13.05 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome , Italy Premier 5 - $ 2,369,000 Clay Court (Red) - 56E / 32Q / 28D
ItalyItaly 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka 6: 1, 6: 3
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 8]
05/20 Brussels Open Brussels , Belgium Premier - $ 690,000 Clay Court (Red) - 30E / 32Q / 16D
BelgiumBelgium 

EstoniaEstonia Kaia Kanepi China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Peng Shuai 6: 2, 7: 5
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
CanadaCanada Gabriela Dabrowski Shahar Peer
IsraelIsrael 
6: 0, 6: 3
Internationaux de Strasbourg Strasbourg , France International - $ 235,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
FranceFrance 

FranceFrance Alizé Cornet Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká 7: 6 4 , 6: 0
JapanJapan Kimiko Date-Krumm Chanelle Scheepers
South AfricaSouth Africa 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Marina Eraković
New ZealandNew Zealand 
6: 4, 3: 6, [14:12]
05/27 French Open Paris , France Grand Slam - € 18,718,000 clay court (red) - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
FranceFrance 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 6: 4, 6: 4
RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova Jelena Wesnina
RussiaRussia 
ItalyItaly Sara Errani Roberta Vinci
ItalyItaly 
7: 5, 6: 2
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Hradecká František Čermák
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
FranceFrance Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor
CanadaCanada 
1: 6, 6: 4, [10: 5]

June

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
10.06. NÜRNBERGER Insurance Cup Nuremberg , Germany International - $ 235,000 Sand (red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
GermanyGermany 

RomaniaRomania Simona Halep GermanyGermany Andrea Petković 6: 3, 6: 3
RomaniaRomania Ioana Raluca Olaru Valerija Solovieva
RussiaRussia 
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
2: 6, 7: 6 3 , [11: 9]
AEGON Classic Birmingham , UK International - $ 235,000 Lawn - 56E / 32Q / 16D
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

SlovakiaSlovakia Daniela Hantuchová CroatiaCroatia Donna Vekic 7: 6 5 , 6: 4
AustraliaAustralia Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua
AustraliaAustralia 
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Marina Eraković
New ZealandNew Zealand 
7: 5, 6: 4
17.06. AEGON International Eastbourne , UK Premier - $ 681,000 Lawn - 32E / 32Q / 16D
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

RussiaRussia Jelena Wesnina United StatesUnited States Jamie Hampton 6: 2, 6: 1
RussiaRussia Nadeschda Petrowa Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
RomaniaRomania Monica Niculescu Klára Zakopalová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 3, 6: 3
Topshelf Open ’s-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands International - $ 235,000 Turf - 32E / 16Q / 15D
NetherlandsNetherlands 

RomaniaRomania Simona Halep BelgiumBelgium Kirsten Flipkens 6: 4, 6: 2
RomaniaRomania Irina-Camelia Begu Anabel Medina Garrigues
SpainSpain 
SlovakiaSlovakia Dominika Cibulková Arantxa Parra Santonja
SpainSpain 
6: 4, 6: 7 3 , [11: 9]
June 24th Wimbledon Championships London , Great Britain Grand Slam - £ Lawn - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 

FranceFrance Marion Bartoli GermanyGermany Sabine Lisicki 6: 1, 6: 4
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
AustraliaAustralia Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua
AustraliaAustralia 
7: 6 1 , 6: 1
FranceFrance Kristina Mladenovic Daniel Nestor
CanadaCanada 
United StatesUnited States Lisa Raymond Bruno Soares
BrazilBrazil 
5: 7, 6: 2, 8: 6

July

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
08.07. XXVI Italiacom Open Palermo , Italy International - $ 235,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
ItalyItaly 

ItalyItaly Roberta Vinci ItalyItaly Sara Errani 6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
FranceFrance Kristina Mladenovic Katarzyna Piter
PolandPoland 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 1, 5: 7, [10: 8]
Budapest Grand Prix Budapest , Hungary International - $ 235,000 Clay Court (Red) - 31E / 8D
HungaryHungary 

RomaniaRomania Simona Halep AustriaAustria Yvonne Meusburger 6: 3, 6: 7 7 , 6: 1
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
RussiaRussia Nina Bratchikova Anna Tatishvili
GeorgiaGeorgia 
6: 4, 6: 1
07/15 Collector Swedish Open Båstad , Sweden International - $ 235,000 Clay Court (Red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
SwedenSweden 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams SwedenSweden Johanna Larsson 6: 4, 6: 1
SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Klára Zakopalová
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
RomaniaRomania Alexandra Dulgheru Flavia Pennetta
ItalyItaly 
6: 1, 6: 4
Nuremberg Gastein Ladies Bad Gastein , Austria International - $ 235,000 Clay Court (red) - 32E / 32Q / 16D
AustriaAustria 

AustriaAustria Yvonne Meusburger Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková 7: 5, 6: 2
AustriaAustria Sandra Klemenschits Andreja Klepač
SloveniaSlovenia 
GermanyGermany Kristina Barrois Eleni Daniilidou
GreeceGreece 
6: 1, 6: 4
07/22 Bank of the West Classic Stanford , United States Premier - $ 795,707 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States 

SlovakiaSlovakia Dominika Cibulková PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska 3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States 
GermanyGermany Julia Görges Darija Jurak
CroatiaCroatia 
6: 2, 7: 6 4
Baku Cup Baku , Azerbaijan International - $ 235,000 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan 

UkraineUkraine Elina Switolina IsraelIsrael Shahar Peer 6: 4, 6: 4
UkraineUkraine Iryna Buryatschok Oksana Kalashnikova
GeorgiaGeorgia 
GreeceGreece Eleni Daniilidou Aleksandra Krunić
SerbiaSerbia 
6: 4, 6: 7 3 , [10: 4]
07/29 Southern California Open Carlsbad , United States Premier - $ 795,707 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States 

AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka 6: 2, 6: 3
United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States 
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Janette Husárová
SlovakiaSlovakia 
6: 4, 6: 1
Citi Open Washington, DC , United States International - $ 235,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States 

SlovakiaSlovakia Magdaléna Rybáriková GermanyGermany Andrea Petković 6: 4, 7: 6 2
JapanJapan Shūko Aoyama Wera Duschewina
RussiaRussia 
CanadaCanada Eugenie Bouchard Taylor Townsend
United StatesUnited States 
6: 3, 6: 3

August

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
08/05 Rogers Cup presented by National Bank Toronto , Canada Premier 5 - $ 2,369,000 hard court - 56E / 48Q / 28D
CanadaCanada 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams RomaniaRomania Sorana Cîrstea 6: 2, 6: 0
SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
5: 7, 6: 2, [10: 6]
08/12 Western & Southern Open Cincinnati , United States Premier 5 - $ 2,369,000 Hard Court - 56E / 48Q / 28D
United StatesUnited States 

BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka United StatesUnited States Serena Williams 2: 6, 6: 2, 7: 6 6
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
GermanyGermany Anna-Lena Grönefeld Květa Peschke
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
2: 6, 6: 3, [12:10]
08/19 New Haven Open at Yale New Haven , United States Premier - $ 690,000 Hard Court - 30E / 48Q / 16D
United StatesUnited States 

RomaniaRomania Simona Halep Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová 6: 2, 6: 2
IndiaIndia Sania Mirza Zheng Jie
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
SpainSpain Anabel Medina Garrigues Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia 
6: 3, 6: 4
08/26 US Open New York , United States Grand Slam - $ Hard Court - 128E / 96Q / 64D / 32M
United StatesUnited States 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka 7: 5, 6: 7 6 , 6: 1
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
AustraliaAustralia Ashleigh Barty Casey Dellacqua
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 7 4 , 6: 1, 6: 4
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Max Mirny
BelarusBelarus 
United StatesUnited States Abigail Spears Santiago González
MexicoMexico 
7: 6 5 , 6: 3

September

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
09.09. Tashkent Open Tashkent , Uzbekistan International - $ 235,000 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D
UzbekistanUzbekistan 

SerbiaSerbia Bojana Jovanovski BelarusBelarus Wolha Hawarzowa 4: 6, 7: 5, 7: 6 3
HungaryHungary Tímea Babos Jaroslawa Schwedowa
KazakhstanKazakhstan 
BelarusBelarus Wolha Hawarzowa Mandy Minella
LuxembourgLuxembourg 
6: 3, 6: 3
Challenge Bell (Hall) Québec , Canada International - $ 235,000 Carpet - 32E / 32Q / 16D
CanadaCanada 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lucie Šafářová New ZealandNew Zealand Marina Eraković 6: 4, 6: 3
RussiaRussia Alla Kudrjawzewa Anastassija Rodionova
AustraliaAustralia 
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
6: 4, 6: 3
16.09. GRC Bank Guangzhou International Women's Open Guangzhou , China International - $ 500,000 Hard Court - 32E / 24Q / 16D
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 

China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhang Shuai United StatesUnited States Vania King 7: 6 1 , 6: 1
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Hsieh Su-wei Peng Shuai
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
United StatesUnited States Vania King Galina Voskoboyeva
KazakhstanKazakhstan 
6: 3, 4: 6, [12:10]
KDB Korea Open Seoul , South Korea International - $ 500,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
Korea SouthSouth Korea 

PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska RussiaRussia Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova 6: 7 6 , 6: 3, 6: 4
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Chin-wei Xu Yifan
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
United StatesUnited States Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears
United StatesUnited States 
7: 5, 6: 3
23.09. Toray Pan Pacific Open Tokyo , Japan Premier 5 - $ 2,216,400 Hard Court - 56E / 32Q / 16D
JapanJapan 

Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber 6: 2, 0: 6, 6: 3
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Chan Hao-ching Liezel Huber
United StatesUnited States 
4: 6, 6: 0, [11: 9]
30.09. China Open Beijing , China Premier Mandatory - $ 5,185,625 Hard Court - 60E / 32Q / 28D
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković 6: 2, 6: 2
ZimbabweZimbabwe Cara Black Sania Mirza
IndiaIndia 
RussiaRussia Wera Duschewina Arantxa Parra Santonja
SpainSpain 
6: 2, 6: 2

October

Date 1 competition Winner Final opponent Result
07.10. Generali Ladies Linz (Halle) Linz , Austria International - $ 235,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
AustriaAustria 

GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber SerbiaSerbia Ana Ivanović 6: 4, 7: 6 6
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Karolína Plíšková Kristýna Plíšková
Czech RepublicCzech Republic 
CanadaCanada Gabriela Dabrowski Alicja Rosolska
PolandPoland 
7: 6 6 , 6: 4
HP Japan Women's Tennis Open Osaka , Japan International - $ 235,000 Hard Court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
JapanJapan 

AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur CanadaCanada Eugenie Bouchard 3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta Kristina Mladenovic
FranceFrance 
AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur Zhang Shuai
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
6: 4, 6: 3
14.10. Kremlin Cup ( Indoor ) Moscow , Russia Premier - $ 794,000 Hard Court - 28E / 32Q / 16D
RussiaRussia 

RomaniaRomania Simona Halep AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur 7: 6 1 , 6: 2
RussiaRussia Svetlana Kuznetsova Samantha Stosur
AustraliaAustralia 
RussiaRussia Alla Kudrjawzewa Anastassija Rodionova
AustraliaAustralia 
6: 1, 1: 6, [10: 8]
BGL BNP PARIBAS Luxembourg Open (indoor) Luxembourg (city) , Luxembourg International - $ 235,000 hard court - 32E / 32Q / 16D
LuxembourgLuxembourg 

DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki GermanyGermany Annika Beck 6: 2, 6: 2
LiechtensteinLiechtenstein Stephanie Vogt Yanina Wickmayer
BelgiumBelgium 
GermanyGermany Kristina Barrois Laura Thorpe
FranceFrance 
7: 6 2 , 6: 4
21.10. WTA Championships (Indoor) Istanbul , Turkey Year End Event - $ 6,000,000 Hard Court - 8E / 4D
TurkeyTurkey 

United StatesUnited States Serena Williams China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na 2: 6, 6: 3, 6: 0
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Peng Shuai Hsieh Su-wei
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei 
RussiaRussia Jelena Wesnina Ekaterina Makarova
RussiaRussia 
6: 4, 7: 5
28.10. Garanti Koza Tournament of Champions (Indoor) Sofia , Bulgaria Year End Event - $ 750,000 Hard Court - 8E
BulgariaBulgaria 

RomaniaRomania Simona Halep AustraliaAustralia Samantha Stosur 2: 6, 6: 2, 6: 2
Fed Cup , final ItalyItaly Italy RussiaRussia Russia 4-0
1 the date marks the Monday of the respective tournament week

Resignations

The following players ended their tennis careers in 2013:

Money ranking

As of October 21, 2013 (in US $)

space Player singles Double Mixed total
1. United StatesUnited States Serena Williams 9,850,654 89,918 9,940,572
2. BelarusBelarus Viktoriya Azaranka 5,822,165 5,822,165
3. RussiaRussia Maria Sharapova 3,544,222 3,544,222
4th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na 2,892,485 2,892,485
5. FranceFrance Marion Bartoli 2,889,097 1,035 2,890,132
6th PolandPoland Agnieszka Radwańska 2,458,332 2,458,332
7th ItalyItaly Sara Errani 1,683,890 607.602 2,291,492
8th. Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová 2,079,903 22,071 2,101,974
9. ItalyItaly Roberta Vinci 1,294,164 607.602 1,901,766
10. GermanyGermany Sabine Lisicki 1,679,063 66,788 2,982 1,748,833
11. SerbiaSerbia Jelena Janković 1,519,899 194.491 4,459 1,718,849
12. DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki 1,468,418 1,468,418
13. RussiaRussia Ekaterina Makarova 944,618 514.127 1,458,745
14th United StatesUnited States Sloane Stephens 1.430.121 4,987 2,500 1,437,608
15th GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber 1,385,150 29,208 1,414,358
16. BelgiumBelgium Kirsten Flipkens 1,103,079 38,939 2,229 1,144,247
17th SpainSpain Carla Suarez Navarro 1,039,564 104,436 1,144,000
18th RussiaRussia Jelena Wesnina 594,727 526.133 6.226 1,127,086
19th ItalyItaly Flavia Pennetta 961.867 127.719 1,035 1,090,621
20th RussiaRussia Maria Kirilenko 987.665 18,578 1.006.243

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Most Improved Player Of The Year: Simona
  2. Newcomer Of The Year: Genius
  3. Comeback Player Of The Year: Alisa
  4. WTA Mediaguide 2013 (wtatennis.com, accessed on January 5, 2016)
  5. WTA tournament calendar 2013 (wtatennis.com, accessed on January 5, 2016)
  6. Germany receives second WTA tournament in Nuremberg
  7. SZAVAY RETIRES AT 24 DUE TO CHRONIC BACK TROUBLE. In: tennis.com. February 6, 2013, accessed December 13, 2016 .
  8. wtatennis.com: Marino Steps Away From Game , wtatennis.com, accessed April 5, 2013
  9. wtafans.blogsport.com.au: Anastasija Sevastova retires at age of 23 , wtafans.blogspot.com.au, accessed on May 17, 2013
  10. lequipe.fr: Beltrame se retire , lequipe.fr, accessed on June 12, 2013
  11. wtatennis.com: Keothavong Announces Retirement , wtatennis.com, accessed on July 25, 2013
  12. ^ Spiegel.de: Bartoli ends career , spiegel.de, accessed on August 15, 2013
  13. JILL CRAYBAS CALLS TIME ON CAREER. In: wtatennis.com. September 19, 2013, accessed December 13, 2016 .
  14. tennisnet.com: The back is on strike: Chakvetadze stops , sport1.de, accessed on September 12, 2013
  15. wtatennis.com: Elena Baltacha Announces Retirement
  16. tennisnet.com: Llagostera Vives: career end after doping ban
  17. sportinglife.aol.co.uk: Mel South announces retirement